Obamacare Winners and Losers

The president's re-election should help hospitals and insurers who can benefit from health-care reform. However, medical-device makers and big insurers may struggle.

With the re-election of President Barack Obama, investors can look to 2014 when as many as 30 million uninsured Americans could have health benefits under provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.

Granted, it stands as one of the most contentious pieces of legislation passed in recent memory. Its critics remain vocal. But with the legislation affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the...